The world and life have been mighty good to me. And I want to put something back.

Man should be judged by the deeds done to help his fellow man.

Even when I started in 1970, I knew that television was having a negative effect on our society.

I believe in pulling together to make the country better right rather than pulling, tearing it apart for partisan reasons. I think the country comes first.

I was cable when cable wasn't cool.

Never set goals you can reach in your lifetime.

The next most dangerous thing [after nuclear proliferation] is probably... global warming, and then, right behind that are overpopulation -- we need to get serious about family planning-and trying to alleviate poverty, to get clean, renewable energy, probably with solar panels to the billion and a half people in the world who don't have access to electricity.